10-letter words containing e, s, p, c
- nephoscope — an instrument for determining the speed and direction of cloud motion.
- nepotistic — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nosepieces — Plural form of nosepiece.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- pacesetter — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
- pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- parischane — a parish
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- part-score — a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game: to bid a part-score of three diamonds.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- patch test — Medicine/Medical. a test for suspected allergy by application to the skin of a patch impregnated with an allergen: allergic reaction is indicated by redness at the site of application.
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pecos bill — a legendary cowboy of the American frontier who performed such fabulous feats as digging the Rio Grande.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.